IUCN status: Endangered
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Not assessed
IUCN claim: “The main threats tot his species are: Predation by feral cats (moderate to severe): feral Cats shown to be a significant predator of the closely-related Woylie in south-western Australia”
Bettongs were last recorded at Goodooga, NSW, 34-54 years after cats arrived (Current submission).
No studies
There are no studies evidencing a link between cats and the
extinction of northern bettongs.
Abbott, The spread of the cat, Felis catus, in Australia: re-examination of the current conceptual model with additional information. Conservation Science Western Australia 7 (2008).
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023